Shame Quote by John Bradshaw

It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious…

— Alice Miller

Persecutors, like Victims, act out of fear. The may seem fearless, but actually Persecutors are almost always former Victims.

— David Emerald Womeldorff

Every Victim requires a Persecutor. But the Persecutor isn't always necessarily a person. The Persecutor could also be a condition or a circumstance. A…

— David Emerald Womeldorff

Persecutors are almost always former Victims.

— David Emerald Womeldorff

“Why should people feel ashamed or humiliated because they have been the victim of a crime? I”

— Anonymous

“People who play the victim role in their lives love to feel self-pity. They want you to think that what “happened” to them is…

— Brooke Castillo

“A victim evokes sympathy, right? Victims are not responsible, right? Victims have the moral high ground… someone else is causing the misery, right? Victims…

— David W. Earle

“Bizarre though it is, people seem more inclined to rally around and identify with the victimizer than with the person who has suffered an…

— Natalie Shainess

“The most dangerous identity is that of victim. Once we see ourselves as victims, we can clearly identify a enemy. Steeped in our own…

— Julie Mertus

“What an uncomfortable, terrible source of shame it is for the world that the victim is so often the one left with the most…

— Fredrik Backman

But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,…

— Dean Koontz

I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the…

— Nina Bawden